Recovery from Sandy

Alex von Kleydorff

Published
1:45 pm EST, Friday, December 28, 2012

Hour Photo Alex von Kleydorff; Longtime rowayton resident 85yr old Betty Beal listens to music at the Brien McMahon shelter where she has been staying since Monday morning. Her house is without power but remains dry from flooding because when she built it the Army Corps used measurments to a sightline of a basement door accros Rowayton Harbor to build 4 ft higher than the 1938 Hurricane levels.

Hour Photo Alex von Kleydorff; Longtime rowayton resident 85yr old Betty Beal listens to music at the Brien McMahon shelter where she has been staying since Monday morning. Her house is without power but

Hour Photo Alex von Kleydorff; Longtime rowayton resident 85yr old Betty Beal listens to music at the Brien McMahon shelter where she has been staying since Monday morning. Her house is without power but remains dry from flooding because when she built it the Army Corps used measurments to a sightline of a basement door accros Rowayton Harbor to build 4 ft higher than the 1938 Hurricane levels.

Hour Photo Alex von Kleydorff; Longtime rowayton resident 85yr old Betty Beal listens to music at the Brien McMahon shelter where she has been staying since Monday morning. Her house is without power but

Hour Photo Alex von Kleydorff; Longtime rowayton resident 85yr old Betty Beal listens to music at the Brien McMahon shelter where she has been staying since Monday morning. Her house is without power but remains dry from flooding because when she built it the Army Corps used measurments to a sightline of a basement door accros Rowayton Harbor to build 4 ft higher than the 1938 Hurricane levels.